UTIMCO

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CIOs’ predictions for 2024

In a year forecast to be volatile, and with the spectre of recession still very much on the cards, Top1000funds.com finds CIOs exploring new strategies, paring back on active equity, investing in technology and wrestling with the many disparate approaches to sustainability.

Sarah RundellJanuary 8, 2024

Investor Profile

After the horror of 2022, UTIMCO says asset classes set to do well

It’s possible that a traditional 60:40 passive portfolio could get close to a target return of 7-8 per cent this year in a trajectory not seen for the last 12 years, according to Rich Hall, CIO of $65 billion University of Texas endowment.

Sarah RundellJanuary 12, 2023

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UTIMCO harvests SPAC boom

UTIMCO's new CIO Rich Hall talks at the December board meeting about the profits the fund has found in SPACs, adding that UTIMCO is currently deploying strategies to arbitrage the market where Hall estimates there are still around 500 SPACs looking for acquisition targets.

Sarah RundellDecember 20, 2021

Investor Profile

Bridgewater and UTIMCO talk China

The $41 billion University of Texas Investment Management has been investing in China since 2007 and its CIO, Britt Harris says it “must be taken seriously”. Presenting at the endowment's board meeting, co-CIO of Bridgewater, Bob Prince, agreed, saying “China is too big to avoid”.

Sarah RundellOctober 17, 2019

In-house Investments

UTIMCO aims for ‘total alignment’

A new strategy reigns at the U. of Texas endowment, designed to help chief executive and CIO Britt Harris build on an already stellar reputation for adding talent and helping it thrive.

Sarah RundellApril 11, 2018